STIM2 enhances receptor-stimulated Ca²⁺ signaling by promoting recruitment of STIM1 to the endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane junctions.

abstract：:The detection of microbes and initiation of an innate immune response occur through pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), which are critical for the production of inflammatory cytokines and activation of the cellular microbicidal machinery. In particular, the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the NADPH ox...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Billings EA,Lee CS,Owen KA,D'Souza RS,Ravichandran KS,Casanova JE

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic lymphocytes share the presence of the activating receptor NK receptor group 2, member D (NKG2D) and the signaling-competent adaptor DNAX-activating protein 10 (DAP10), which together play an important role in antitumor immune surveillance. Ligand stimulation induces the internalization of NKG2D-DAP10 complex...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Quatrini L,Molfetta R,Zitti B,Peruzzi G,Fionda C,Capuano C,Galandrini R,Cippitelli M,Santoni A,Paolini R

更新日期：2015-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokines of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family promote the growth and differentiation of multiple tissues, but the role of only the founding member, TGF-β, in regulating the immune responses has been extensively studied. TGF-β is critical to prevent the spontaneous activation of self-reactive T cells...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Browning LM,Pietrzak M,Kuczma M,Simms CP,Kurczewska A,Refugia JM,Lowery DJ,Rempala G,Gutkin D,Ignatowicz L,Muranski P,Kraj P

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypoxia inducible factors (HIFs) and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha (C/EBP alpha) are transcription factors that mediate adaptive responses to hypoxia and control aspects of energy metabolism, respectively. New evidence suggests that when HIF-1 alpha and C/EBP alpha interact, they bring about reciprocal func...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Janardhan HP

更新日期：2008-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The reciprocal regulation of phosphoprotein phosphatases (PPPs) by protein kinases is essential to cell cycle progression and control, particularly during mitosis for which the role of kinases has been extensively studied. PPPs perform much of the serine/threonine dephosphorylation in eukaryotic cells and achieve subs...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Nasa I,Cressey LE,Kruse T,Hertz EPT,Gui J,Graves LM,Nilsson J,Kettenbach AN

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A challenge for biomedical research is the development of pharmaceuticals that appropriately target disease mechanisms. Natural products can be a rich source of bioactive chemicals for medicinal applications but can act through unknown mechanisms and can be difficult to produce or obtain. To address these challenges, ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Potts MB,Kim HS,Fisher KW,Hu Y,Carrasco YP,Bulut GB,Ou YH,Herrera-Herrera ML,Cubillos F,Mendiratta S,Xiao G,Hofree M,Ideker T,Xie Y,Huang LJ,Lewis RE,MacMillan JB,White MA

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The trimeric intracellular cation (TRIC) channels TRIC-A and TRIC-B localize predominantly to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and likely support Ca(2+) release from intracellular stores by mediating cationic flux to maintain electrical neutrality. Deletion and point mutations in TRIC-B occur in families with autosomal ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Zhao C,Ichimura A,Qian N,Iida T,Yamazaki D,Noma N,Asagiri M,Yamamoto K,Komazaki S,Sato C,Aoyama F,Sawaguchi A,Kakizawa S,Nishi M,Takeshima H

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:ONC201 (also called TIC10) is a small molecule that inactivates the cell proliferation- and cell survival-promoting kinases Akt and ERK and induces cell death through the proapoptotic protein TRAIL. ONC201 is currently in early-phase clinical testing for various malignancies. We found through gene expression and prote...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Kline CL,Van den Heuvel AP,Allen JE,Prabhu VV,Dicker DT,El-Deiry WS

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Science Signaling, Lu et al reveal a role for Parkin-mediated mitophagy in beige-to-white adipocyte transition. In the absence of Parkin, mitochondria in thermogenic beige adipocytes are preserved even after the elimination of cold mimetic stimuli-in contrast to their typical elimination during the wh...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Sarraf SA,Youle RJ

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:K63-linked ubiquitination of Akt is a posttranslational modification that plays a critical role in growth factor-mediated membrane recruitment and activation of Akt. Although E3 ligases involved in growth factor-induced ubiquitination of Akt have been defined, the deubiquitinating enzyme (DUB) that triggers deubiquiti...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Yang WL,Jin G,Li CF,Jeong YS,Moten A,Xu D,Feng Z,Chen W,Cai Z,Darnay B,Gu W,Lin HK

更新日期：2013-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Eps15 homology domain (EHD) proteins are conserved adenosine triphosphatases that are involved in membrane remodeling. EHD family members are structurally similar to the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) dynamin, and both are essential for the fission step of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. This Journal Club highlights...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Ioannou MS,Marat AL

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Postsynaptic organizational protein complexes play central roles both in orchestrating synapse formation and in defining the functional properties of synaptic transmission that together shape the flow of information through neuronal networks. A key component of these organizational protein complexes is the family of s...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Ali H,Marth L,Krueger-Burg D

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) mental retardation is caused by loss-of-function mutations in an RNA-binding protein, fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). Previous studies in patients or animal models of FXS have identified alterations in dendritic spine structure, as well as synaptic plasticity induced by metabotrop...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Ronesi JA,Huber KM

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Both synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) are thought to be critical for memory formation. Dell'Acqua and co-workers now demonstrate that transient postsynaptic incorporation of Ca(2+)-permeable (CP) α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPARs) is required for...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Hell JW

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with the luminal subtype, the basal-like subtype of breast cancer has an aggressive clinical behavior, but the reasons for this difference between the two subtypes are poorly understood. We identified microRNAs (miRNAs) miR-221 and miR-222 (miR-221/222) as basal-like subtype-specific miRNAs that decrease expr...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Stinson S,Lackner MR,Adai AT,Yu N,Kim HJ,O'Brien C,Spoerke J,Jhunjhunwala S,Boyd Z,Januario T,Newman RJ,Yue P,Bourgon R,Modrusan Z,Stern HM,Warming S,de Sauvage FJ,Amler L,Yeh RF,Dornan D

更新日期：2011-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokine interleukin-22 (IL-22), which is a member of the IL-10 family, is produced exclusively by immune cells and activates signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) in nonimmune cells, such as hepatocytes, keratinocytes, and colonic epithelial cells, to drive various processes central to tissue...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Lim C,Hong M,Savan R

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:This two-part lecture introduces students to the scientific computing language MATLAB. Prior computer programming experience is not required. The lectures present basic concepts of computer programming logic that tend to cause difficulties for beginners in addition to concepts that relate specifically to the MATLAB la...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Sobie EA

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and Wnts are growth factors that provide essential patterning signals for cell proliferation and differentiation. Here, we describe a molecular mechanism by which the phosphorylation state of the Drosophila transcription factor Mad determines its ability to transduce either BMP or Wi...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Eivers E,Demagny H,Choi RH,De Robertis EM

更新日期：2011-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise control of the activity and abundance of ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2s) ensures fidelity in ubiquitin chain synthesis. In this issue of Science Signaling, Liess et al. demonstrate that the human anaphase-promoting complex (APC/C)-associated E2 UBE2S adopts an autoinhibited dimeric state that increases the...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Bremm A

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyocytes contract against a mechanical load during each heartbeat, and excessive mechanical stress leads to heart diseases. Using a cell-in-gel system that imposes an afterload during cardiomyocyte contraction, we found that nitric oxide synthase (NOS) was involved in transducing mechanical load to alter Ca(2+) ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Jian Z,Han H,Zhang T,Puglisi J,Izu LT,Shaw JA,Onofiok E,Erickson JR,Chen YJ,Horvath B,Shimkunas R,Xiao W,Li Y,Pan T,Chan J,Banyasz T,Tardiff JC,Chiamvimonvat N,Bers DM,Lam KS,Chen-Izu Y

更新日期：2014-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The LKB1 serine-threonine kinase is a tumor suppressor that is inactivated in a large number of sporadic human lung non-small cell carcinomas (NSCLCs) and cervical cancers. Genetic deletion of LKB1 in various mouse tissues results in tumorigenesis, and loss of LKB1 increases metastasis in a mouse model of NSCLC. LKB1 ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Shaw RJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by an expansion in the huntingtin protein (also called Htt) that induces neuronal cell death with age. We found that the treatment of 12-month-old symptomatic heterozygous and homozygous zQ175 huntingtin knockin mice for 12 weeks with CTEP, a negative all...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Abd-Elrahman KS,Hamilton A,Hutchinson SR,Liu F,Russell RC,Ferguson SSG

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of feedback loops between signaling and gene expression is ushering in new quantitative models of cellular regulation. In a recent issue of Science Signaling, Sung et al. showed how positive feedback downstream of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling enhances the capacity of macrophages to scale their ant...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Tkach KE,Oyler JE,Altan-Bonnet G

更新日期：2014-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Teaching the practical aspects of signal transduction to large undergraduate classes can be challenging when there is only a finite time frame in which to engage in laboratory activities. This teaching resource describes the use of bead-based ALPHAscreen technology for a class of 300 second-year biochemistry students,...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Hay DL

更新日期：2009-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Given its fundamental role in development and cancer, the Wnt-β-catenin signaling pathway is tightly controlled at multiple levels. RING finger protein 43 (RNF43) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase originally found in stem cells and proposed to inhibit Wnt signaling by interacting with the Wnt receptors of the Frizzled family....

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Loregger A,Grandl M,Mejías-Luque R,Allgäuer M,Degenhart K,Haselmann V,Oikonomou C,Hatzis P,Janssen KP,Nitsche U,Gradl D,van den Broek O,Destree O,Ulm K,Neumaier M,Kalali B,Jung A,Varela I,Schmid RM,Rad R,Busch DH

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants and animals produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) in response to infection. In plants, ROS not only activate defense responses and promote cell death to limit the spread of pathogens but also restrict the amount of cell death in response to pathogen recognition. Plants also use hormones, such as salicylic acid,...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Siddique S,Matera C,Radakovic ZS,Hasan MS,Gutbrod P,Rozanska E,Sobczak M,Torres MA,Grundler FM

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The prefibrillar form of soluble amyloid-β (sAβ1-42) impairs synaptic function and is associated with the early phase of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated how sAβ1-42 led to presynaptic defects using a quantum dot-based, single particle-tracking method to monitor synaptic vesicle (SV) trafficking along axons. ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Park D,Na M,Kim JA,Lee U,Cho E,Jang M,Chang S

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of Ca2+-sensitive, large-conductance potassium (BK) channels in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) by local, ryanodine receptor-mediated Ca2+ signals (Ca2+ sparks) acts as a brake on pressure-induced (myogenic) vasoconstriction-a fundamental mechanism that regulates blood flow in small resistance arteries...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Khavandi K,Baylie RA,Sugden SA,Ahmed M,Csato V,Eaton P,Hill-Eubanks DC,Bonev AD,Nelson MT,Greenstein AS

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:How cells recover from a DNA damage-induced arrest is currently poorly understood. We performed large-scale quantitative phosphoproteomics to identify changes in protein phosphorylation that occurred during recovery from arrest in the G2 phase of the cell cycle caused by DNA damage. We identified 154 proteins that wer...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Halim VA,Alvarez-Fernández M,Xu YJ,Aprelia M,van den Toorn HW,Heck AJ,Mohammed S,Medema RH

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimers of conventional transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) ligands are composed of two 100- to 140-amino acid peptides that are produced through the proteolytic processing of a proprotein precursor by proconvertases, such as furin. We report the identification of an evolutionarily...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Akiyama T,Marqués G,Wharton KA

更新日期：2012-04-03 00:00:00